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Considering a degree in Architecture?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Architecture majors who live in Texas.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Architecture degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of Texas.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,081 | 1283 | 0.2432 | |
| 1 | United States Naval Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,465 | 1314 | 0.0936 | |
| 3 | Utah State University | 4700 | 21700 | 0.7832 | 25,920 | 1176 | 0.9247 | |
| 4 | Rice University | 5100 | 85000 | 0.9402 | 4,789 | 1535 | 0.08 | |
| 5 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 5200 | 40700 | 0.8713 | 34,454 | 1435 | 0.1564 | |
| 6 | Yale University | 5500 | 92200 | 0.94 | 6,814 | 1507 | 0.0387 | |
| 7 | Princeton University | 5700 | 82400 | 0.9305 | 5,813 | 1535 | 0.0462 | |
| 8 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 7500 | 90000 | 0.9171 | 4,576 | 1535 | 0.0485 | |
| 9 | Dallas College | 8000 | 19000 | 0.578 | 125,613 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Austin Community College District | 8300 | 21500 | 0.6125 | 35,600 | 0 | 0.4666 | |
| 11 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 8400 | 98000 | 0.9146 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 12 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 8600 | 8600 | 0 | 947 | 1239 | 0.3247 | |
| 13 | Carnegie Mellon University | 9000 | 90900 | 0.9007 | 7,824 | 1528 | 0.1166 | |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania | 9200 | 92900 | 0.9012 | 10,013 | 1528 | 0.054 | |
| 14 | Washington University in St Louis | 9200 | 96200 | 0.904 | 8,220 | 1513 | 0.1206 | |
| 16 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 9800 | 29300 | 0.6666 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 17 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 10600 | 36400 | 0.7094 | 40,754 | 1391 | 0.3915 | |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 11100 | 86200 | 0.8717 | 8,880 | 1499 | 0.1127 | |
| 19 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 11200 | 25100 | 0.5525 | 31,127 | 1115 | 0.8679 | |
| 20 | University of Nevada-Las Vegas | 11300 | 36600 | 0.6909 | 27,082 | 1099 | 0.8459 | |
| 21 | Wellesley College | 11400 | 91300 | 0.8753 | 2,407 | 1500 | 0.1405 | |
| 22 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 11700 | 93100 | 0.8745 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 22 | Middlebury College | 11700 | 89900 | 0.8701 | 2,760 | 1499 | 0.1075 | |
| 25 | Brown University | 12100 | 94000 | 0.871 | 7,910 | 1535 | 0.0539 | |
| 26 | California State University-Fresno | 12800 | 19600 | 0.3462 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 27 | Indiana State University | 13100 | 31200 | 0.5807 | 6,224 | 1140 | 0.8077 | |
| 28 | Florida Atlantic University | 13200 | 25800 | 0.489 | 24,942 | 1130 | 0.6613 | |
| 29 | University of North Alabama | 13400 | 30800 | 0.5642 | 8,078 | 1124 | 0.7054 | |
| 30 | Portland State University | 13700 | 26100 | 0.476 | 15,960 | 1176 | 0.9091 | |
| 30 | University of Idaho | 13700 | 25800 | 0.4691 | 9,574 | 1119 | 0.7553 | |
| 30 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 31700 | 0.5674 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 33 | Mount Holyoke College | 14100 | 89900 | 0.8434 | 2,178 | 1449 | 0.3603 | |
| 34 | Louisiana Tech University | 14600 | 36900 | 0.6042 | 11,071 | 1164 | 0.9073 | |
| 35 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15100 | 28000 | 0.4604 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 35 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | 15100 | 64500 | 0.7658 | 14,576 | 1179 | 0.6967 | |
| 37 | University of Maine at Augusta | 15300 | 44900 | 0.6594 | 4,250 | 0 | 0.0683 | |
| 38 | Lehigh University | 15600 | 89600 | 0.8263 | 5,911 | 1436 | 0.2593 | |
| 39 | Northeastern University | 15700 | 89900 | 0.8254 | 22,695 | 1490 | 0.0522 | |
| 39 | The University of Texas at Austin | 15700 | 30500 | 0.485 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 41 | University of Memphis | 16000 | 26400 | 0.3947 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles | 16300 | 36700 | 0.5555 | 33,471 | 1399 | 0.0897 | |
| 43 | North Carolina State University | 16500 | 28500 | 0.4223 | 28,422 | 1335 | 0.4167 | |
| 44 | University of Houston | 16600 | 23100 | 0.2815 | 39,257 | 1249 | 0.7392 | |
| 45 | University of Southern Mississippi | 16700 | 23100 | 0.277 | 10,193 | 1181 | 0.9912 | |
| 46 | Keene State College | 16800 | 51200 | 0.6718 | 2,744 | 1020 | 0.9033 | |
| 46 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 16800 | 45400 | 0.6294 | 18,428 | 1090 | 0.9529 | |
| 48 | Bennington College | 17100 | 89500 | 0.8085 | 797 | 1360 | 0.4453 | |
| 48 | University of Kansas | 17100 | 37100 | 0.5395 | 22,085 | 1176 | 0.9348 | |
| 50 | Prairie View A & M University | 17500 | 49200 | 0.6441 | 8,056 | 955 | 0.7441 | |
| 51 | Barnard College | 17600 | 99700 | 0.8232 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 52 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17700 | 46700 | 0.6213 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 52 | University of California-Berkeley | 17700 | 43500 | 0.5936 | 33,469 | 1407 | 0.1104 | |
| 54 | Morgan State University | 17800 | 37200 | 0.5216 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | 18000 | 35300 | 0.4896 | 5,731 | 1174 | 0.9064 | |
| 56 | University of Arkansas | 18100 | 27700 | 0.3466 | 28,859 | 1179 | 0.7431 | |
| 57 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | 18500 | 41200 | 0.5516 | 25,255 | 1134 | 0.737 | |
| 57 | University of Rhode Island | 18500 | 46400 | 0.6008 | 14,376 | 1148 | 0.7216 | |
| 59 | Connecticut College | 19200 | 115500 | 0.8335 | 1,990 | 1287 | 0.3704 | |
| 60 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19700 | 29300 | 0.3271 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 61 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 20100 | 78700 | 0.7447 | 17,901 | 1470 | 0.1681 | |
| 62 | University of Southern California | 20300 | 75800 | 0.7325 | 21,023 | 1485 | 0.1002 | |
| 63 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 20500 | 26500 | 0.2261 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 64 | University of New Orleans | 20900 | 30200 | 0.3078 | 5,476 | 1125 | 0.6677 | |
| 65 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 21000 | 32800 | 0.3592 | 19,701 | 1214 | 0.8749 | |
| 66 | La Roche University | 21300 | 66200 | 0.6786 | 1,986 | 1150 | 0.7761 | |
| 67 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 21400 | 40100 | 0.4662 | 36,588 | 1367 | 0.6535 | |
| 68 | Webb Institute | 21500 | 73700 | 0.7085 | 106 | 1475 | 0.1404 | |
| 69 | University of Louisiana at Lafayette | 21600 | 42700 | 0.4943 | 13,179 | 1110 | 0.8883 | |
| 70 | Tufts University | 22200 | 98900 | 0.7752 | 7,126 | 1507 | 0.1153 | |
| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 22300 | 46800 | 0.524 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 72 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | 22500 | 59900 | 0.6242 | 34,242 | 1273 | 0.7333 | |
| 72 | Marywood University | 22500 | 79900 | 0.7187 | 1,834 | 1160 | 0.6058 | |
| 72 | University of Florida | 22500 | 43100 | 0.4779 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 75 | University of New Mexico-Main Campus | 23000 | 27500 | 0.1618 | 17,771 | 1044 | 0.7933 | |
| 76 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23200 | 35000 | 0.3372 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 77 | Bowling Green State University-Main Campus | 23600 | 36800 | 0.3589 | 14,783 | 1124 | 0.8096 | |
| 78 | Texas Tech University | 23700 | 28100 | 0.1562 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 79 | University of Kentucky | 23800 | 36100 | 0.3406 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 80 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5076 | 793 | 1049 | 0.624 | |
| 81 | Texas A&M University-College Station | 24800 | 30700 | 0.1924 | 60,710 | 1278 | 0.5732 | |
| 82 | Mount Mary University | 24900 | 53300 | 0.5325 | 749 | 1005 | 0.6634 | |
| 82 | Norwich University | 24900 | 88400 | 0.7185 | 2,642 | 1209 | 0.7361 | |
| 84 | Syracuse University | 25300 | 83100 | 0.6955 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 84 | University of Central Florida | 25300 | 25300 | 0 | 59,649 | 1280 | 0.4471 | |
| 86 | South Dakota State University | 25500 | 28700 | 0.1116 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 87 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 26000 | 88300 | 0.7056 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 88 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 89 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 90 | Thomas Jefferson University | 27400 | 67700 | 0.5951 | 3,772 | 1255 | 0.8098 | |
| 91 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 92 | University of Delaware | 28500 | 34500 | 0.1741 | 19,119 | 1303 | 0.6356 | |
| 93 | Drury University | 28600 | 52900 | 0.4592 | 1,391 | 1228 | 0.5758 | |
| 94 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 29400 | 42400 | 0.3065 | 42,604 | 1336 | 0.6056 | |
| 95 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 96 | Maine Maritime Academy | 30100 | 33400 | 0.0989 | 945 | 1180 | 0.5606 | |
| 97 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 31100 | 49800 | 0.3755 | 20,592 | 1435 | 0.1407 | |
| 98 | Ithaca College | 32000 | 72500 | 0.5585 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 99 | Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design | 33000 | 64900 | 0.4904 | 885 | 0 | 0.628 | |
| 100 | Anderson University | 33100 | 52500 | 0.3697 | 3,405 | 1209 | 0.5471 | |
| 100 | University of Oregon | 33100 | 38600 | 0.1424 | 20,622 | 1250 | 0.883 | |
| 102 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | 33300 | 43100 | 0.2275 | 21,947 | 1335 | 0.3122 | |
| 103 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy | 33600 | 40200 | 0.1643 | 1,407 | 1120 | 0.7207 | |
| 104 | Lawrence Technological University | 34200 | 82500 | 0.5852 | 2,579 | 1155 | 0.7403 | |
| 105 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34500 | 36100 | 0.0443 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 106 | Chatham University | 35000 | 63900 | 0.4526 | 1,555 | 1197 | 0.6196 | |
| 107 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | 35100 | 35100 | 0 | 30,564 | 1298 | 0.416 | |
| 108 | Delaware Valley University | 35700 | 83300 | 0.5714 | 1,768 | 1180 | 0.9326 | |
| 109 | North Carolina A & T State University | 35900 | 36600 | 0.0191 | 12,216 | 1020 | 0.4617 | |
| 110 | Mississippi State University | 36300 | 50500 | 0.2815 | 18,567 | 1214 | 0.7764 | |
| 111 | Andrews University | 36400 | 62100 | 0.4139 | 1,312 | 1208 | 0.874 | |
| 112 | Benedictine College | 37500 | 50800 | 0.2619 | 2,391 | 1229 | 0.7645 | |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | 37600 | 43900 | 0.1436 | 19,388 | 1324 | 0.5395 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 38000 | 38000 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 114 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 38000 | 66500 | 0.4283 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 116 | Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University | 38500 | 38500 | 0 | 7,890 | 1105 | 0.2056 | |
| 117 | Kean University | 38700 | 48300 | 0.1988 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 118 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 39700 | 39700 | 0 | 24,868 | 1214 | 0.796 | |
| 119 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 39800 | 53700 | 0.259 | 23,920 | 1390 | 0.5973 | |
| 120 | Temple University | 40400 | 55300 | 0.2697 | 21,428 | 1245 | 0.8045 | |
| 121 | Endicott College | 40500 | 64200 | 0.3691 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 122 | Concordia University-Wisconsin | 41200 | 57000 | 0.2773 | 2,401 | 1209 | 0.7819 | |
| 123 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 123 | University of Georgia | 43000 | 48700 | 0.1174 | 31,514 | 1336 | 0.3719 | |
| 125 | University of Maryland-College Park | 43100 | 53400 | 0.1929 | 31,133 | 1456 | 0.448 | |
| 125 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 43100 | 54700 | 0.212 | 20,418 | 1375 | 0.5808 | |
| 127 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 128 | University of Illinois Chicago | 44500 | 49300 | 0.0973 | 22,495 | 1252 | 0.7735 | |
| 129 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 46200 | 86200 | 0.4639 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 130 | University at Buffalo | 46800 | 46800 | 0 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 131 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 48500 | 92100 | 0.4736 | 7,283 | 1451 | 0.1398 | |
| 132 | Drexel University | 48700 | 83800 | 0.4188 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 133 | Woodbury University | 50500 | 69500 | 0.2733 | 825 | 1087 | 0.7287 | |
| 134 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 135 | Howard University | 53600 | 76900 | 0.3029 | 11,519 | 1208 | 0.4134 | |
| 136 | University of San Francisco | 53900 | 84800 | 0.3643 | 5,321 | 1292 | 0.6171 | |
| 137 | University of Colorado Boulder | 55900 | 56600 | 0.0124 | 32,100 | 1290 | 0.8115 | |
| 138 | Miami University-Oxford | 56600 | 56600 | 0 | 16,816 | 1299 | 0.754 | |
| 139 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 56700 | 58900 | 0.0374 | 26,500 | 1183 | 0.8857 | |
| 140 | Maryland Institute College of Art | 60700 | 71200 | 0.1476 | 1,324 | 1196 | 0.7729 | |
| 141 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 60800 | 63000 | 0.035 | 38,093 | 1302 | 0.7821 | |
| 142 | Clemson University | 61400 | 63700 | 0.0346 | 23,401 | 1343 | 0.3834 | |
| 143 | Otis College of Art and Design | 66800 | 79800 | 0.1629 | 1,224 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 144 | The Catholic University of America | 79300 | 82500 | 0.0388 | 3,177 | 1204 | 0.8278 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.